The TV chef took to Twitter this morning to announce the happy news

Sorry ladies! TV Chef Donal Skehan is officially off the market after popping the question to his long-term Swedish girlfriend Sophie Larrson during a romantic getaway in Paris over the weekend.

Donal took to Twitter this morning to announce the happy news where he wrote: “We’re engaged! Proposed to my beautiful girlfriend Sophie over the weekend. She said yes!”

But Donal revealed that the blonde beauty left him sweating for a moment with plenty of gasping before she finally said yes.

“With a thumping heart and a view of the Eiffel Tower, I took out the ring and said those very real words: 'Will you marry me?'

“After leaving me hanging with lots of gasping, I put the ring on her finger and she said 'yes!'"

The couple who have been dating for eight years when Sophie was visiting a friend in Donal’s hometown of Howth, Co Dublin, in summer 2006.

Donal, 25, who has written three cookbooks, said he felt “very grown up” when posting the news on his blog this morning but admitted that he had been planning on popping the question for the past few months.

The couple have been inundated with congratulations from well wishers on Twitter since they announced the news.